Chapter 501-510

Chapter 501 – Complications
Gideon’s mind was a complete mess right now. He just could not believe what was going on.

When he thought back to all the things that had happened since he had woken up until now, they were all obvious signs that he could not even deny. Every single one of them were pointing to that one and irrefutable fact. The unbearable feelings he had felt surging within him the moment he realised that she had left, the intense and mind-numbing jealousy that hit him and inexplicable killing intent he had felt just by seeing her holding onto another man’s arm, and that moment when she had reached out her hands to him and their palms collided… all of the reactions he had been feeling were just causing the bells within his head to ring out louder and louder. He had no doubt felt it… there was no mistaking it as anything else… he could not even lie to himself even if he wanted to! It was just as clear as day. Especially now, with him burning up like this for no apparent reason… She, Vera… she was his mate!

Dark faes are not able to sense their mates in the very instant they meet their fated ones. How it works is that the mating bond sparks between the fated ones differently for each pair. Many were oblivious about the existence of their bonds until it suddenly sparks in a certain intense moment. It has been said that mating bonds have sparked the moment an individual felt like their soul was being touched.

When a dark fae’s soul is touched, a few things might happen to them to signal that they have finally met their fated one. They might end up losing their strength, or their magic might weaken for a time whenever they are near their mate, no matter how powerful they were. They might also experience effects to the extent of feeling like their bodies are producing an extreme heat until the mating bond is completed or accepted by their mates.

However, there are always the negatives that come with the positives. If in the event that the mating bond is being rejected by the other party – though this is usually extremely rare and had only happened a few times to the ones who were already happily married – it is not only the party who reject the bond would suffer certain consequences, but sadly, the rejected party would suffer the backlash as well. Both parties would be cursed to suffer the rejection of the mating bond for a long period of time. The only difference was that the one who rejected the bond would have to suffer more severely as they were the ones who wilfully rejected what the fates had willed for them. The dark faes view this as very unfair.

This was why, though having a mate was not a very common practice even in the Under Lands as many dark faes never end up finding their mates in their lifetimes, it was not something they would grieve about. For the dark faes, having a mate is not necessarily viewed as a good thing anyway.

In fact, to most, it would be more accurate to say that that they thought of it as more of a curse than a blessing. Not only it was due to the punishment of the curse the rejecting party would have to bear, but also there were certain additional difficulties they might face. The majority of the dark faes called the difficulties as ‘complications’. And these complications were very hard to figure out as they vary from couple to couple, and the severity varies as well.